Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Welcome to the Faculty of
Computing and Informatics
HuiKeng Lau
FKI Postgraduate Coordinator
03 March 2017
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http://www.ums.edu.my/fki/index.php/en/students/current-student/current-postgraduate
BRIEFING FOR POSTGRADUATE BY RESEARCH
INTAKE SEM2 2016/2017
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
The Faculty
• Two locations: KK & Labuan
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Main Contact
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PM DR. RAYNER ALFRED
DEPUTY DEAN
(RESEARCH & INNOVATION)
PM DR. AG. ASRI AG. IBRAHIM
DEAN FARIDAH ADAM
DEAN’S PA
IDA HASLINDA MULJANA
ADMIN. ASST.
DR. LAU HUI KENG
FKI POSTGRADUATE
COORDINATOR
(by RESEARCH)
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YOUR SUPERVISOR
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Other FKI PG Committee Members
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HEAD OF PROGRAMMES
DR. CHIN KIM ON
HC00: SOFT. ENG.
DR. AZALI SAUDI
HC05: NET. ENG.
DR. CAROLYN SALIMUN
HC12: MULT. TECH.
SOFFRI YUSSOF
HC13: E-COMM.
WINNIE EDWARD
ASSIT. REGISTRAR
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Academic Calendar
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Registration
• Every semester
• Completed online progress report LKPP
• Pay the fees(no outstanding) and register
within the period specified
• Late registration penalty RM200.00
• Not registered 1 sem -> suspension
• Not registered consecutive 2 sems -
>termination
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Other related info
• Deferment of study
– Prior to the start of a new semester
– Cannot defer 2 semesters consecutively
• Suspension of study
– counted as student’s candidature
– to activate, a letter to Dean of Centre of
Postgradate Studies, processing fees of RM300,
and the tuition fees for suspended semester
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Other related info
• Change of mode of registration – once
• Tranfer of faculty/centre/institute – before
3rd semester, once
• Change area of study - before 3rd semester,
once
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Supervision
• Categories of supervision
– Sole, co-supervision, committee
• Can change supervisor(s)
• Student’s progress
– May be terminated if progress is weak for two
consecutive semesters
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Milestones (MSc) SEM Msc Full time Msc Part time
1 Proposal Defence Proposal Defence
2 Progress presentation
1 Conference publication
Progress presentation
3 Thesis Seminar
1 refereed journal
Thesis submission
Progress presentation
1 Conference publication
4 Viva & submit final copy Progress presentation
5 Thesis Seminar
1 refereed journal
Thesis submission
6 Viva & submit final copy
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Milestones (PhD) SEM PhD Full time PhD Part time
1 Proposal Defence Proposal Defence
2 Progress Presentation
1 Conference
Progress Presentation
3 Progress Presentation
Progress presentation
1 Conference
4 Progress Presentation
1 refereed journal
Progress Presentation
5 Progress Presentation Progress Presentation
6 Thesis seminar
1 refereed journal (indexed)
Thesis submission
Progress presentation
1 refereed journal
7 Viva & submit final copy Progress Presentation
8 Progress Presentation
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Thesis Seminar
1 refereed journal (indexed)
Thesis submission
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Presentations
• Proposal defence
– Sem 1
– Submit proposal
• Progress Presentation
– Every semester after proposal defence
– Submit technical report
– Did not present -> progress weak
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Thesis
• Writing follow Gaya UMS
– http://www.ums.edu.my/pascav2/index.php/e
n/downloads or
– http://www.ums.edu.my/fki/index.php/en/pos
tgraduate-related-forms
– Notice of thesis submission submission for
examination viva voce correction
submission for format checking final thesis
submission
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Thesis
– Notice of thesis submission
• 3 months prior to submit, valid 9 months
– submission for examination
• Proof-read
• Msc 3 copies, PhD 4 copies
• Plagiarism report from Turnitin (http://turnitin.com/ ).
– correction submission for format checking
• submit to, and be checked by Centre of Postgraduate
Studies
• if fail submit correction within time -> fail
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– final thesis submission
• to Centre of Postgraduate Studies
• 1 copy bound thesis with hard cover
• 1 copy in compact disc
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Viva voce
• MSc
– 1 external and 1 internal examiner
– up to 30 minutes presentation
• PhD
– if UMS staff, 2 external and 1 internal
examiners
– else, 1 external and 2 internal examiners
– Up to 40 minutes presentation
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Viva voce
• Decision on thesis
– No correction;
– Minor correction within 3 months;
– Major correction within 6 months;
– Result deferred, resubmit within 12 months for
re-viva;
– Fail, no resubmission.
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Graduation
• Fulfilled
– all requirements by Centre of Postgraduate
Studies
– publication requirements
• MSc – 1 refereed article accepted for publication, 1
presentation in seminar/colloquium
• PhD – 2 refereed articles (1 must be indexed), 1
presentation in seminar/colloquium
– settled all debts and liabilities
– submitted hard bound thesis + CD within time.
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Join our FB pages
• FKI Alumni page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/13743963161
90445/
• FKI Postgraduate page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/14525379150
20145/
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Forms, Regulations & Guidelines
• http://www.ums.edu.my/pascav2/index.ph
p/en/downloads
• http://www.ums.edu.my/fki/index.php/en/
postgraduate-related-forms
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Thank you
Q&A
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